Lane changes on Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick after fire director’s accident

NEW BRUNSWICK – A week after the city’s fire director drove into three schoolchildren, officials have taken action to address traffic safety on one of the most dangerous roads in the city.

Police announced Tuesday that traffic flow on Livingston Avenue has been narrowed to a single lane in each direction between Delavan and Baldwin streets and between Elizabeth and Loretta streets. A center lane will allow turns. Elsewhere, the road has two lanes in each direction with no turning lane.

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Fire Director Robert Rawls hit and seriously injured the three students last Tuesday as they crossed Livingston at Delavan, officials have said. Police issued Rawls tickets for careless driving and failing to stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk two days later, after hundreds of people packed a City Council meeting demanding safety improvements.